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K Balachandran Nov 2011
I gather,
"Tao of ***"
you took
is  still unread.
809 · Feb 2019
Fatal flaw of vision
K Balachandran Feb 2019
Every night keeps within it's protective cupped palms
At least this much; few bright moments of calm.
But she was a night so perfectly wedded to the dense dark,
Even in love, doing diabolic best, as if nothing else'd work
Never occured no other,in her thoughts or deeds ever.
But he seemed to be not  aware of his eye sight's fatal error,
Always read all her printer's devil just as if all of it's  right,
Her many decisive acts finely co ordinated,  finished him quite,
Love the first casuality, gave an impetus, then followed the rest.
He who fell head over the heals for her, slumped face down in the pit
K Balachandran Jan 2012
Please don't mind my stiff upper lip,
that's just a mild case of frost bite.
809 · May 2012
An evening in the glade
K Balachandran May 2012
Soft evening light
washed away their  blemishes,
resulting in a pleasance;
the effect  is of water color painting.

Holding coffee mugs,
a man and woman sat face to face
on rough wooden benches
leaning on the back rest
under the green umbrella
of a tree standing still.

Though in an unlikely age,
they were lost
in to each other's eyes,
yet his left eye captured
the blue silhouette,
of a dreamy mountain
at a distance.

Perhaps they have
lot of stories to share,
commotion of sprightly kids
running around them in circles,
filled a void, long existed;
made them forget losses,
though for a bit.

They wouldn't have met
long ago, it's evident,
but how much they could exchange
even without words!
K Balachandran Jan 2014
Super star, be prepared for a resounding fall
when the limit of  your stardom, time decides
unless you aren't aware the golden truth
"All flesh is grass"; any star is reduced to dust
in a day to come sooner or later, there is a time-
for everything, to call it quits and feel rightly contented.
"All flesh is grass"-Much quoted phrase from Old Testament(Book of Isaiah)
809 · Mar 2014
A wrong piece of equipment
K Balachandran Mar 2014
Yes, the night vision binocular
we call science, is fantastic!
Good to locate distant things at night,
but tell me, by any chance is it helpful
for the user to locate oneself/self ?
How would one search for  a bird that sits on a perch above the reach
of the manifested world; this universe and operational field of science is here in the manifested  part. The unmanifested is beyond the grasp of human mind, hence unknowable.
Science is only in its infancy in the matter of exploring the secrets of the
self /absolute.But the lover within every being is dreaming the union with the absolute partner.Conscious is one, undivided and cosmic.
K Balachandran Sep 2013
Sipping  hot drink
from a silver mug
he feels immensely pleased,
so smug! Oh! he feels great,
what makes it so special?
not just the hot drink in the mug,
the mug,being sliver, takes him
to a new height
of well being,
why this,
he puts his thinking cap on
just a thought
with a coating of silver,
makes him feel
the golden glow
of being
bliss from a mere thought!
******* by a mere thought!!
the one that creates thoughts
has the bridle power to decide,
the state of being.
between one thought
and the next,
there is a swing,
he sits there, as mind
-a thought created by a thought,
of a forefather of yore,
right there in the beginning,
passed over to generations,
with a bit of genetic material,
DNA to be precise,
activated again by a thought.
If only he could still
his recurring waves of thoughts,
stop throwing stones
in to the tranquil pond,
inside the meditative mind,
the waves will sleep,
the bubbles will dissolve,
for ever in to its origin,
the first wave of creation,
the primordial hum
Om sweet Om
making him aware that
he is bliss itself.
K Balachandran Mar 2014
Susan is emotions blossomed in wrong season,
never her eyes let me estimate the true depth of her feelings
I see them apologize candidly  in the next moment,
I try to understand her compulsions.
In fleeting moments I get a glimpse of her
emotional education totally gone wrong
creating within her wrong time flowering.

Susan is passion, but struggles for right expression
her panting and chanting amorous nonsense
is her prop to climb stairs with me, but she never holds my hand
helplessly I watch her fall down from the top stair,
and writhe in shame and guilt, I try to alleviate, in whichever way I can.

Susan's messed up garden of childhood is a secret
that seeped out from the fables and legends she would recount
I curtain it off, when we lay cuddled and see dreams
That frozen December, I hate, that comes as an uninvited guest
regularly in our lives, we try to forget
I wake up dreaming her step with me in to  
the warm garden of spring, and see her sleep smiling.
This Susan my persona visits is a conundrum from real life
808 · Jun 2012
Let there be love
K Balachandran Jun 2012
Bid me to sit, singing at your door,
by hugging me swiftly-
with your naughty eyes,
let there be love!
K Balachandran Dec 2011
playing with words, way too intimately
could prove perilous;
take 'lascivious', the word leads
to thoughts not in mind before.
K Balachandran Mar 2012
She wears three masks,  idiosyncratic
(are there four?  not sure)
each mask beguiles,
*but who knows what is behind?
K Balachandran Sep 2012
She was a wilting flower,
He was melting ice,
*Met in the moments of transition, helpless,
They could just smile, but it felt like a lifetime
K Balachandran Dec 2011
Revenue deficit-
governments in fix,
would they now
tax ***?
K Balachandran Nov 2017
languorous breeze,close to chest carries
a scent,an invitation on the waves of air,

the valley blooms lustily in response,
sends away fragrance with different notes.

the mix and blend to regale olfactory sense
of every visitor,as it pleases them,so much,

The medley of fragrance sends the breeze,
sweeping to an ecstatic height, never expected,

like a village weaver who loves warps and wefts
of many hues, he spins and weaves  fragrances,

to exhilarate all,near and far,any one who
deeply inhales the mix of fragrance,feels alive.
to the core,it's fuel to the wick, that enlightens the soul.
807 · Aug 2012
Not even a perfect tragedy
K Balachandran Aug 2012
He packs his bags and leaves,
                    she stands stupefied, like  a doll,
they have crossed the threshold,
                 **but love is  still a glint in their eyes!
K Balachandran May 2013
Though looked stunned
in his expression,
                       the dead man
                       was pleased
with all arrangements
perfectly done.
Only cause of worry
even then, was the
reason of death cited
in the papers: Pollution!
"Frivolous, isn't it?
Not even a solid reason,
for returning to the pavillion.
Inglorious, what else,
though this as a cause
is getting more and more popular
in these days of global warming"

a thought free of body floats around,
unheard by anyone.
806 · Nov 2011
ah! the bubble
K Balachandran Nov 2011
come, quickly, ogle
everything reflected
in this  bubble:
I, you and
rest of the world,
till the moment
it  bursts.
K Balachandran Mar 2012
Anxious night, holding his breath,
lets out a sigh of happiness,
seeing pale moon,
*bashful lover, appearing on the horizon
806 · Nov 2015
Midnight at Noon
K Balachandran Nov 2015
"Perhaps I am late" perplexed he thought and rushed forward,
the place was deserted as if an invisible  cloud of grief has descended.
The intermittent gun shots , he mistook as the beginning of  fireworks,
he stepped on the manicured lawn, wondering where all others had gone.

He stopped stunned,blood was splattered allover, there a night began .
K Balachandran May 2012
Sharks, wolves, hyenas
and vultures seize the day;
**deer, hare and the like,
live in fear and consternation
805 · Dec 2011
salutations to the sun
K Balachandran Dec 2011
Hail the sun,
without him,
darkness reigns.
world doesn't exist
805 · Feb 2012
tragic whim
K Balachandran Feb 2012
i heard you say softly,
you would soon get married,
in a passive way.
your mum has found a groom
she thought perfect,
the horoscopes match,
and your father, approves. that's that.

so nothing much left,
except sorting out "our mess"
caused by your" thoughtless
adventure," as you put it,
you now think it was  "just physical"
you weren't sure yet
wheather it was love,
you felt, about me
though intense.
"that was a whim
and i wasn't in my senses
as i see it now,

when i listen to  my dad and mom ;
a  whim ruled my mind
i fell for you straight
your scent had something to do in that,
i could hardly think,
every time i almost swooned"

your part of the  story
has  a  sharp  razor gleam
the matador smiles,
just before the sword gets the bull,
i can almost hear the cheer of spectators,
it's the Roman crowd that still calls the shot
you and me are pawns, as time  here stand still.
that's convenient, isn't it?
you are still, and would allways
have a disarming charm,
i'd never forget that, my lovely war wound!
it would remain with me ever.

we need to learn
to take body and mind
in seperate packages,
in this quagmiry times.
i understand,
you are at it, you'll be good.

you have this black mole
on your cheek,
as you speak i was
looking at it, as if it has a different life,
it now seems a symbol of something,
i try to place , but head was muddled,
i smell a betrayal, the mole soon would go,
suddenly, i felt a whim:
to kiss the blakest bit,  still your part.
)O(
804 · Dec 2011
refuge
K Balachandran Dec 2011
desperate
white cloud,
took refuge,
up on the
mountain range.
K Balachandran Sep 2012
Just pretend, you are that orchid, scenting musk,
never even once touched by the winds that lurk,
here I come, the wind you've waited for long,
**embrace me with every amorous intent, let's dissolve.
I fell asleep in an afternoon, listening to poetry podcasts
dreamt I am the  rippling  wind in the valley, that lovely  flower waiting for long
804 · Feb 2020
A brief history of a life.
K Balachandran Feb 2020
Non stop time-space tango.
Five senses twist and turn stories!
Retreat to greater time.
804 · Apr 2012
Cats and a mouse
K Balachandran Apr 2012
Three cats,
                black, white
                  and ginger,
                           at that,
          a formidable
                         combination,
                 that can strike
            with a power
                   combained,
                              are
                    ­          in a conclave
                              in the dining hall floor,


                                entrenched in  a small hole in a corner,
                                              his head just jutting out,
                                      desperately sniffing at the secret pact,
                          is a little  mouse, watching the proceedings terrified.
                                                      ­                 #
804 · Oct 2017
The cloud theatre
K Balachandran Oct 2017
Storm clouds sound their gongs aloud,
call the whole world's attention to the ensemble
of tall,dark,handsome actors lined up for a
performance spectacular
Lightening gives cryptic signals at times,
of the change of scene,rain lashes with a sweet vengeance,
till the clouds relent,and go light and white.
The cloud theater had it's ritualistic culmination,
the expectation of imminent plenty soars,
rushing streams fill gushing rivers that get
swelled,roar delighted all the way to ocean
803 · Sep 2012
Gotcha dad!
K Balachandran Sep 2012
My frenzied doodles,
turn alluringly curvaceous,
my little boy watching this,
with a sudden twinkle in his eyes
yell repeatedly,"Milk".
He  demands, "whose?"
what should the answer be,
*I put on  my thinking cap quick
and step in to his  baby shoes.
"Milk" is the baby's euphemism for 'breast'. Babies gain clear understanding of shapes which become familiar through daily experiences.Shapes are the first alphabets of the world they learn through sensory inputs.
803 · Aug 2012
Picasso: dead or/and alive
K Balachandran Aug 2012
Did Picasso exist more,
anywhere, other than in his paintings,*
that divide him in parts
and exhibit even today
K Balachandran May 2014
A vanishing cloud, ethereal with a heart shaped red blot in the middle
told her without words, "It's time to dissolve, I can't wait anymore,
it's night, my eyes droop I have to sleep, no time is ripe to say goodbye ever
don't grieve, I am not going anywhere, be back here as things you love most
a strain of music wistful in the evening air, a lovely bird streaming blissfully
in cold mountain air, a sad poem that makes a mother cry for a short while
then dry her eyes and smile,or anything you love without any reason obvious,
will you remember me then, when I am in another, mother dear?"
For Maria
803 · Dec 2012
Days and Nights
K Balachandran Dec 2012
Everyone blind
has a sun each.
In loving sun,
eyes have limits.
Sun is merciless,
blinds any one
who  tries to overreach,
that's not a lot of fun!
After a day's
relentless march,
a spectacular dusk,
announces the finis.
Night comes on tip toes
a disguised thief,
to rob everything left
none would resist.
The world is in masquerades,
if you are lucky enough
get the beams,
of moon's cool grace-
on your searing wounds,
and sleep without dreams.
And then again
breaks the dawn,
with an innocent smile,
as if it is the first time ever;
the game continues.
803 · Mar 2013
Tat twam asi (I am that)
K Balachandran Mar 2013
With known, knowable and knowledge,
I paint my picture,
nebulous ocean of unknowable baffles,
but I know, I am that.
There are four "Mahavakya" (literally meaning great sayings /principal statements) in "Vedanta" (literally means end of material explorations) Philosophy of Indian thought
The epigram in Sanskrit, "Tat twam asi"(  I am that- Individual self is part of cosmic consciousness) cryptically speaks about the unity of cosmos.
K Balachandran Mar 2012
Any one with binoculars, here?
no one seems to see
what's happening over there,
what  would happen now?
only political currents will tell;
I  see more women cross over
in to no man's land, than ever.
802 · Jan 2020
Amour isn't an easy thing.
K Balachandran Jan 2020
I bat both eyelids.
She attributes motive and winks.
The right moment to think!
K Balachandran Dec 2011
name  only
female cattle.
males would be,
slaughtered;
attachment undesirable.
In ' The colors of the mountain'  gripping maiden film by Colombian director Carlos Cesar Arbekiez,  there is a  scene in which  a  father tells his son who wants to name a male calf  that only cows are to be named.Bulls will  be slaughtered, so it's not good to get attached to them. Most of the pets, male of the species too, get a name though..
800 · Jan 2012
Sun, you peeping Tom
K Balachandran Jan 2012
tired night, changes her dark tunic,
sun slyly peeps;
feeling shy, night flees
dawn slowly arrives.
K Balachandran Feb 2012
dragon woman spits fire,
the fiery maiden but, has a soft spot,
balance her power, touching there,
she just swoons!
K Balachandran Oct 2012
in a soft quivering voice, her pain overflows,
caressing our woebegone hearts,
a pall of moisture spreads,
*she dissolves, now a searing tear drop
in the corner of my eye
K Balachandran Feb 2014
Like a stop watch
deftly traps time,
the silver light
in your eyes
arrests the passing moments
        and
brings eternity
to my ken
though just for a moment.
Edited version
K Balachandran Feb 2012
mighty armies of pelf attack,
grannaries one by one surrender.
World wide it happens.Agricultural land is usurped for non agricultural purposes by money and muscle power.There is no country for the farmer who feeds us.Lexury is an illusion, daily bread is n't.Who will feed us in the future? machines?
K Balachandran Dec 2011
In this Christmas season
on a  high,
gift of heady wine;
i can vouch,
you are
the most  exquisite wine
my body, mind and spirit
ever did imbibe
but never got inebriated.
798 · Dec 2011
big crunch follows big bang
K Balachandran Dec 2011
the universe
expanded,
as I grew.
the contraction
begins now.
K Balachandran Nov 2018
Winged ants’ fly past day.
At its height, wingless all fall;
Willing chicken feed!
K Balachandran Oct 2015
The trees in the valley far down remains to the viewer's eyes green,
she came back cleaving the hills of dead leaves, blocking the way
her songs vibrant,indeed like it was in a  time long past,hard to forget,

One is in for wonders if the time travel is done mindful,dispassionate,
life is a garden full of strange flowers, bloomed at various times ,
standing still, magically fresh, all along ready to be plucked at  will,

But one easily falls to corruption, blinded are the eyes of the fallen,
this is a  game, playing the role alone matters,nothing else elevates,
don't forget, flowing with the current alone ,takes the drop to the ocean.

She came back, I suppose to complete the circle of illusion,we are in
nevertheless the imaginary places she scented,still cause me an elation.
Life , love,   what are you?...if ever it is possible to come in to terms with the mysteries you offer...I wonder..yet I am thankful for the fragrance,
the essence ...
797 · Oct 2014
The Ghost's Night
K Balachandran Oct 2014
She tries to put that favorite poem of her's to sleep
it wasn't easy as it spoke of pain, made her weep,
kept on talking about losses, promises not kept,
fighting losing wars, strifes and  getting  lost.

She waited for the night, fully covered in black tresses
the ample woman, compassionate, who gently would caress
in night's presence and  deft manoeuvres all weeping stops.

She sighs, no more poems resurrecting the reign of pain, she hopes
forgets what makes her nightly haunt this place, that she is a ghost
Some say Ghosts sing..could be a poem that once was favourite
797 · Nov 2012
Disenchantment
K Balachandran Nov 2012
We merged in a ferocious kiss,
that happened without any design,
your lips tasted like wine, you felt-
mine the same; wasn't it divine!

then, how did that sea change, happen?
*your love tasted brine so soon,
blood in my veins turned poison.
How soon, the fortunes of  a love life turns about, in this mad mad world!
K Balachandran Mar 2013
Stealthily she moves, like a ghost,
               None seems to notice her dark presence,
"Here I am near his bride" vengefully she hisses,
                  Then remembers, "Already I am a ghost"
796 · Jan 2012
failed buddha
K Balachandran Jan 2012
see, a distant past speeding past in bliss,
you are still meditating!
795 · Oct 2013
Another kind of love
K Balachandran Oct 2013
Wanton moon,
deftest angler I've ever seen,
my heart,
thrashes about wildly
caught in your fishing hook.
Pining for you each minute,
I wasn't aware where would
this love lead me in the end.
How blessed I should feel
for having my heart impaled
by love and longing
you tell me sans words
all the while,
What else can I hope
if I am hopelessly in love with this pain?
Keep me always like this,
your favourite minion.
K Balachandran Dec 2011
Sans lust,
love is
coffee made
without beans crushed.
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